- Tom Bevan deconstructs slogans as well as John Edwards stance on them.

- Peggy Noonan says the Bush administration has left the base entirely and lays into him like I haven’t seen anyone do in a long while. A further sign Republicans are turning on this administration and are looking for a change in this election.

- E.J. Dionne says watching the political debates is like watching parallel worlds.

- Rich Lowry writes about what he calls Clintonomics 2.0.

- A.B. Stoddard writes about Fred Thompson whom she calls a “force to be reckoned with”.

- Lynn Sweet says that Obama is on a fund-raising binge.

- Howard Fineman talks Al Gore & reason.

- Fareed Zakaria writes about the Republican candidates changing views on immigration.